This is what two in one week. Two major articles on the benefits of self-publishing via the digital format? This one is in today's USA Today (here) and actually hits on the one reason I have not yet ventured boldly forth into this market with my own (rather pathetic) wares.
The article by Deirdre Donahue entitled Self-published authors find e-success
is actually a bit more readable than its WSJ counterpart from last week (here). Plus it focuses on more authors although Miss Chan makes another appearance. It's a good article for anyone considering this route to publishing, but the caveat I mention above is nestled away, way down at the bottom of the printed page and says:
"One reason Prescott is able to capitalize on the e-book revolution is that he already has a back list of novels previously edited and released by traditional publishers. (When his publisher let the book go out of print, the rights reverted to Prescott.)"
I have one little book that still has some flaws that need to be edited away. How big of a splash can I make with one.
I will say this, these articles do make me want to finish up little book number two so that my library is a tad more impressive. Then, with two novels and a short story compilation, we'll see what happens.
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